The Wajima Lacquerware Youth Association has announced a new exhibition showcase for its plate art inspired by Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIV. The group will showcase the FFXIV lacquerware at the ...

Craftsmen appeared very early in the history of the Yi ethnic group. Lacquerware were like a shining star among Yi utensils. The most used colors in Yi lacquerware are black, red and yellow. The ...

The ancient craft of urushi, or Japanese lacquerware, is one of Asia’s oldest artistic traditions. Evidence for the use of lacquer – a tree sap used to coat and decorate objects like boxes, bowls and ...

The word urushi is said to have come from uruwashii, meaning “graceful” or “elegant,” or uruoi, “to become moist.” Sap produced by lacquer trees to repair cuts to their bark is harvested and refined ...

Lacquerware inlaid with mother-of-pearl, known as ``najeonchilgi,'' has long been regarded as a luxurious item symbolizing wealth and nobility both in the past and present. ``Najeon'' means ...

While ceramic dishes and metal cutlery are standard fare, there’s something very satisfying about having a bowl that will grow and change as you do. While there are scores of different traditional ...

Ottchil, or the technique of coating lacquer in varnish, utilizes the finest craftsmanship. It takes several months just to collect the sap and refine the lacquer. Then, the process of coating a ...

The exhibition Chinese Lacquer Ware of the Qianlong Reign from The Palace Museum opens to the public at the Guardian Art Center in Beijing. [Photo/Xinhua] The exhibition Chinese Lacquer Ware of the ...

Branding expert Sohn Hye-won, 59, has a special storage in the basement of her gallery/office situated along the meandering driveway on Mt. Nam, which stands in the center of Seoul. In this space, she ...

“There are very few lacquerware pieces inlaid with mother of pearl from Goryeo in Korea today,” chief curator Lee Won-kwang told reporters in a press preview on March 12. “Most of them are in Japan.” ...